Alfred robert knapp



(No Model.)

A. R. KNAPP.

GAME COUNTER.

No. 583,487. Patented June 1,1897.

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ALFRED ROBERT KNAPP, OF CREIVKERNE, ENGLAND.

GAME COUNTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,487, dated June 1,1897.

Application filed June 25, 1896. Serial No. 597,494. (No model.)Patented in England January 3, 1896, No. 4,116; in Germany January 15,1896, No. 87,610, and in France AprillB, 1896, No- 255,647.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED ROBERT KNAPP, stationer, a subject of theQueen of Great Britain, residing at Orewkerne, in the county ofSomerset, England, have invented a new and useful Improved Marker forGames, Applicable to Bezique, Cribbage,Whist, and the Like, (for which Ihave obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 4,116, dated January 3,1896; in Germany, No. 87,610, dated January 15, 1896, and in France, No.255,647, dated April 18, 1896,) of which the followingis aspecification.

My invention relai es to an improved marker for games, applicable tobezique, cribbage, whist, and the like. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa plan of the top or front side of the marker. Fig. 2 is a plan of theback of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both views.

This invention is constructed of mill-band or the like or metal withturned-over edges cut to a suitable shape to form the plate 0, and inthis said plate is cut a longitudinal slot at. The face of the plate 0is divided out into a scale g at the top from 1 to 60 in the form ofparts of two circles joined by a straight line, and below the slot is asemicircular scale 71 from 1 to 5. In the longitudinal slot a is mounteda movable pointer Z1, fixed to a center pin 6 and a disk cl. This saidpointer can be placed in any desired position for indicating point-s oneither of the scales. In the center of the plate 0 is a straight scale'1', and at or near the base-line are two semicircular scales 7' from 1to 10, each with a pointer 12 in the center of each scale. These saidpointers are attached to center pins 6, which are forced through holesin the plate and clenched on the other side with heads f.

lVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

In a game-marker, the combination of a pasteboard plate with turned-overedges having a longitudinal slot, and the face of the plate dividedoutinto a scale at the top from 1 to 60 in the form of parts of twocircles joined by a straight line, and the semicircular scale 1 to 5,the two at or near the base-line l to 10 each with the straight scale inthe center and the metallic movable pointers which are attached tocenter pinsforced through holes and the slot in the plate and clenchedat the back, substantially as described.

ALFRED ROBERT KNAPP.

1V itnesses EDWARD J. BLAKE, GEORGE F. GosNEY.

